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EXPEUniEXTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH GRASSES, CLOVERS, AXD ALFALFA. 



A series of experimental plots of grasses, clovers, alfalfa, and mixtures was sown 

 in 1911. These plots produced crops in 1912 and have again produced in 1913. 



Name of Variety. 



Alfalfa (common) 



Alfalfa (Grimm's) 



Alfalfa (Montana) 



Alfalfa (Turkestan) 



Common Red Clover 



Mammoth Red Clover. . . . 



Alsike 



White Dutch Clover 



Brome Grass 



Timothy . .. 



Western Rye Grass 



Kentucky Blue Grass. . . 

 Red Top (mixed with 



timothy) 



Orchard Grass 



Timothy and Red Clover. 



Timothy ami Alsike 



Timothy and Alfalfa 



Proportion of Parts of 



Mixture after 2 years 



from seeding. 



Western Rye 

 Ked Clover. 



Western Rye 

 Alsike 



Western Rye 

 Alfalfa. 



(irass and 

 Grass and 

 Grass and 



Timothy, Western Rye 

 (irass and Red Clover. 



Timothy, Western Rye 



Grass and Alsike . 

 Timothy, Red Clover and 



Alsike. 

 Western Rye Gra.^s. Red 



Clover and Alsike. 

 Timothy, Red Top and 



Alsike. 

 Timothy, Western Rye 



Grass, Red Clover and 



Alsike. 

 Timothy, Western Rye 



Grass, Red Clover and 



Alfalfa. 



Timothy, !)S% Red clover2% 

 Timothy 8:,%, Alsike 15% 

 First crop, Timothy 30%, 



Alfalfa TO'^'c. (2nd crop, 



practically pure Alfalfa).. 

 Western Rye Grass 98%, 



Red Clover 2% 



Western Rye Grass 95%, 



Alsike 5% 



Western Rye Grass 50%, 



Alfalfa 50%. (2iid crof) 



l)ra' tically pure Alfalfa ) 

 Timothy 39%, Western Rye 



Grass (iO%, Red Clover 



1% 



Timothy 3G%, Western Rye 



Grass (J0%, Alsike 4%. . 

 Timothy W%, Red Clover 



V'/, 



Alsike 2% 



Western Rye Grass 100%. . 



Timothy 75%, Red Top 1% 

 Alsike 24%, 



Timothy 3S%, Western Rye 

 Grass b0%. Red Clover 

 1%, Alsike 1% 



Timothy 2!i%, Western Rye 

 (Jrass 35%, Red Clover 

 1%, Alfalfa 35%. (2nd 

 croD practically jnire Al- 

 falfa.) 



Date of 



first 

 cutting. 



Tune 27 



Tuly 8 



Aug. 

 July 



22 



Yield per 

 acre, first 

 cutting. 



Date of ' Yield per 



second 

 cutting. 



Pons. Lb. 



2 



2 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 1 



3 

 1 

 2 



1,520 Aug. 11 

 1,800 



360 



300 

 80 



840 



7G0 



40 



1,320 



1,120 



1,120 



1 1,000 



920 



1 1,160 



1 1,000 



2 360 

 2 120 

 2 560 



Auf'. 22 



2 1,480 „ „ 



2 200 

 1 1,880 



1 1,720 

 1 1,800 



1 1,520 



1 1,800 



M II 



acre, 

 second 

 cutting. 



Tons. Lb. 



520 



1,200 

 1,420 



Total 



Yield i)er 



acre. 



Tons. Lb. 



1 1,480 



40 



1,480 



40 

 1,000 

 1,780 

 1,810 



80 



840 

 760 

 3 40 



1 1,320 



2 1,120 

 . 1,120 



1 1,000 



920 



} 1,160 



1 1,000 



3 400 

 2 120 

 2 560 



1,760 3 1,240 



2 200 

 1 1,880 



1 1,720 

 1 1,800 



1 1,520 



1 1,800 



2 1,480 



The most striking feature of the above table is the outstanding superiority of 

 alfalfa over other hay crops, in regard to the quantity of hay produced. Only tlio plots 

 that had alfalfa, either alone or in a mixture, had any second growth worth cutting. 

 Some of the others made some growth after the showers in September, but that was 

 too late for practical haymaking. The clovers, being biennial, liad largely died out at 

 the end of 1912. Most of the plants of clover in this year's crop wouUl be from what 

 seed had ripened and shelled out in one of the previous seasons. 



BftANDON. 



